/*
 *   ORXONOX - the hottest 3D action shooter ever to exist
 *                    > www.orxonox.net <
 *
 *
 *   License notice:
 *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 *   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 *   of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 *   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 *
 *   Author:
 *      Damian 'Mozork' Frick
 *   Co-authors:
 *      ...
 *
 */

#ifndef _Notification_H__
#define _Notification_H__

#include "OrxonoxPrereqs.h"

#include <string>

#include "core/BaseObject.h"

namespace orxonox {

    /**
    @brief
	This is rather temporary, so don't start relying on it, some better version will come soon but the Interface will not likely be the same.
    @author
        Damian 'Mozork' Frick
    */
    class _OrxonoxExport Notification : public BaseObject
    {
	public:
	    Notification(BaseObject* creator);
	    Notification(const std::string & message, const std::string & title = "", float time = DISPLAY_TIME);
	    virtual ~Notification();
	    
	    bool send(void);
	    
	    inline bool isSent(void) const
                { return this->sent_; }
	    inline const std::string & getTitle(void) const
                { return this->title_; }
	    inline const std::string & getMessage(void) const
                { return this->message_; }
	    inline const float getDisplayTime(void) const
                { return displayTime_; }
	    
	    bool setTitle(const std::string & title);
	    bool setMessage(const std::string & message);
	    bool setDisplayTime(float time);
	    
	private:
            static const float DISPLAY_TIME = 4.0;
	
            std::string title_; //!< The title of the Notification.
            std::string message_; //!< The Notification message.
            float displayTime_; //!< The time duration the Notification is displayed in seconds.
            bool sent_; //!< Whether Notification has been sent, if so it cannot be changed.
            
            void initialize(void);
	
    };

}

#endif /* _Notification_H__ */